The brain is... ~a machine~ ~a steam engine~ ~a computer~ an LLM Analogies help understand the brain but OP is taking the analogy and then going back and a

The brain is... ~a machine~ ~a steam engine~ ~a computer~ an LLM Analogies help understand the brain but OP is taking the analogy and then going back and applying principles from the analog to the brain. The brain is the brain, it isn't any of those other things.